All Blog Posts Tagged 'overeating' (12)

Holiday Cleansing Teas and Exercise Tips

From Ask Dr. Mao: Stuffed with stuffing, filled with turkey, crammed with cookies, and saturated with alcohol. Now what? Holidays call for celebration, and many of us know the consequences that come from overindulging in alcohol and food. Sometimes, despite out best intenti… Continue

Added by David on November 27, 2009 at 7:19am — 1 Comment

Think Fast Food Causes Obesity? Think Again!

Obesity is mostly a consumer choice – meaning people eat too much by choice and exercise too little by choice. And government can’t prevent it without putting police in people’s pantries.

"Consumers have multiple sources o… Continue

Added by David on January 19, 2009 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

Emotional Eating, Overeating and Holiday Stress

Emotional eating, overeating and holiday stress—is this a combination you know well?… Continue

Added by Diana Young, RD, LD/N, CDE on October 20, 2008 at 8:29am — No Comments

Is the economy leading you to overeat?

It’s a stressful time and it seems like we can’t turn on the TV or radio without hearing somebody whose job it is to fill the airwaves with repetitions of all the bad things that are happening or might happen in the future. People are worried and frustrated. Many feel out of control. The… Continue

Added by Melissa on October 8, 2008 at 10:19am — No Comments

Just Say No to Overeating

Whenever someone starts a weight loss program, one of the first tidbits of advice they are given is:

“Clean out your cabinets and refrigerator because you can’t have any junk food in your house because the temptation will be

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Added by Lisa Newton on September 26, 2008 at 5:10am — 1 Comment

The problem of Obtaining Nutrition Information

Reuters recently reported that a study, which looked at the current overweight and

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Added by Lisa Newton on August 11, 2008 at 6:00am — 5 Comments

How to identify emotional eating: ten signs

I'm often asked about how to identify whether or not emotional eating may be an issue. Emotional eating is not always easily identified. Here are some patterns that are likely to indicate that some kind of emotional eating is going on: 1. The hunger comes on suddenly and the need to e… Continue

Added by Melissa on June 24, 2008 at 2:43pm — 4 Comments

Stressed Monkeys Overeat Too

So what's the significance of this story? Well, I hope it helps some who tend to get so angry with themselves when they succumb to eating under stress. No, I don't believe this study means that we can't take charge of overeating, but I think it does show that emotional eating is complex and that our appetites are driven by a number of different issues and realities. The desire to eat to cope with emotions and stress is something that should be approached wit

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Added by Melissa on June 2, 2008 at 10:51am — 8 Comments

Mistakes that sabotage weight loss

The term emotional eating is thrown around a lot, but not everyone understands what emotional eating really is. Emotional eating is eating and overeating that occurs when we use food as a way to cope with a feeling, situation, or a need that is not physical hunger. Emotional eat… Continue

Added by Melissa on May 16, 2008 at 4:43pm — 4 Comments

Spring Cleaning For a Better Life

I saw a chiropractor for the first time last week. I have to admit, the long series of crunches, cracks and pops that echoed in my ear when he made his first "adjustment" thoroughly unnerved me. However, within seconds after that single, weird twist of my neck, I was flooded with the m… Continue

Added by Melissa on April 27, 2008 at 4:42pm — 3 Comments

National Mindless Eating Challenge

I know you guys at Iowa Avenue will be interested in this. Here's the link to the post I just made on my blog about a great healthy eating resource. Have a great day! Melissa Continue

Added by Melissa on April 17, 2008 at 6:23am — 2 Comments

How your ipod can help you take control of emotional eating

A lot of overeating (and emotional eating) happens when we use food to try to "feel better" or improve our mood or our day. Interestingly, music can be an incredibly powerful tool that can serve the same purpose--and doesn't cause weight gain. At a conference recently, I experienced a ver… Continue

Added by Melissa on April 2, 2008 at 6:50pm — 5 Comments

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Susana commented on Susana's blog post 'Healthy Thanksgiving meal - Brazilian Nut Roast en Croûte'

Oh, I wish I could run a healthy restaurant or food store selling healthy prepared goodies... but it takes a lot of money and a lot of effort to compete with big ones! ................ :(

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David commented on Susana's blog post 'Healthy Thanksgiving meal - Brazilian Nut Roast en Croûte'

This looks wonderful! Do you ship?.......:)

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Susana commented on David's blog post 'Holiday Cleansing Teas and Exercise Tips'

Good advise! Luckily, I haven't had any of those problems. I had a healthy veggie meal with Brazilian Nut Roast en Croûte I made from scratch with potatoes, carrots, and peas on the side... and I even made my own gravy from scratch... :) See pos...

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Healthy Thanksgiving meal - Brazilian Nut Roast en Croûte

I had a healthy Thanksgiving at home with my family. It took a big effort and long time to cook everything but it was worth it! I made a Brazilian Nut Roast en Croûte from scratch the day before just to be sure it came out OK. Also, I made vegg...

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